UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE (UNECE) Committee on Economic Cooperation and Integration

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3 UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE (UNECE) Committee on Economic Cooperation and Integration INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KNOWLEDGE-BASED DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP (Baku, Azerbaijan, November 2011) The International Conference on Knowledge-based Development and Innovative Entrepreneurship will discuss issues related to the promotion of innovative development and knowledge-based competitiveness, protection of intellectual property rights, entrepreneurship and public-private partnerships with special emphasis on emerging market economies. Particular reference will be made to the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to advance these policy aims. The Conference aims to facilitate exchange of best practices among senior policymakers and business leaders. 08:30-9:00 Registration of participants 09:00-9:30 Opening session Programme Thursday, 24 November 2011 Opening address by Mr. Ján KUBIŠ, Executive Secretary of the UNECE Welcome address by H.E. Mr. Ali ABBASOV, Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan Welcome address by Mr. Hamadoun TOURÉ, Secretary- General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 09:30-10:40 High -level Segment: Promoting Knowledge-based Development and Innovative Entrepreneurship Moderator: Mr. Ján KUBIŠ, Executive Secretary of the UNECE The high-level segment will introduce strategic policy issues related to the promotion of knowledge-based development and innovative entrepreneurship, including the development of a suitable infrastructure. Particular reference will be made to the contribution of information and communication technology (ICT) to these policy aims. 09:30-10:40 Ms. Julia DJAROVA Mr. Elchin ZEYNALOV Mr. Ivan BORTNIK Vice Chairman, ECORYS International, The Netherlands Head of the Department of Regulations of Strategic Planning, Investment and Scientific Potential, Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies, Republic of Azerbaijan Executive Director, Association of innovative regions of Russia, Russian Federation Coffee Break

4 11:00-15:30 Session One Promoting Innovation in the Knowledge-based Economy: the Role of Public Initiatives Moderator: Mr. Ismayil ALAKBAROV, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Nations Office at Geneva The topics that could be addressed in this session include: The creation of favourable framework conditions for knowledge-based economy; The design and use of different policy instruments, including those targeting the promotion of collaboration among stakeholders in innovation process; and The role of ICT, in particular the development and the use of high-speed broadband networks as an enabler of innovation and innovation capabilities. 11:00-13:00 Mr. BERND SCHMIDT Mr. Jaime AMSEL Mr. Krzysztof PARTYKA Ms. Anna KADERABKOVA Mr. Michel LÉONARD 13:00-14:00 Lunch break A.T. Kearney GmbH, Germany IMP³rove developing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises with public innovation support CEO, Poiesys, Israel "Creating a national market for innovation: The role of collaboration between the public and private sectors" Counselor, Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Poland "The Polish innovation support system - overview" Research Director, Center for Economic Studies, Czech Republic "Innovative entrepreneurship" Institute of Service Science CUI HEC, University of Geneva, Switzerland "Towards confederations of initiatives" 14:00-15:40 Mr. Murat GURIEV Mr. Jayhun MOLLAZADE Ms. Anna POBOL Mr. Azhibai KALMAMATOV Mr. Pavel SINCARIUC Governmental Programs Executive in Russia and CIS, IBM, Russian Federation CEO of Azqtel LLC, Republic of Azerbaijan Associate Professor, Department of Theoretical and Institutional Economy, Belarusian State University "Research-based spin-off entrepreneurship in a transitive economy: challenges and relevant policies (The Case of Belarus)" Director, State Service on Intellectual Property of the Kyrgyz Republic "Promoting innovation in the knowledge-based economy: the role of public initiatives" Head of Directorate for Policies in the Field of Information Technologies, Ministry of Information Technology and Communications of the Republic of Moldova "ICT in Moldova: current situation and vision for development" Coffee Break

5 16:00-18:00 Session Two Changing Nature of Entrepreneurship in the Knowledge-based Economy Moderator: Mr. Elchin BABAYEV, Executive Director of the Science Development Foundation under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan The session will consider the following topics related to the changing nature of entrepreneurship: Policies facilitating the emergence and growth of innovation-based enterprises, in particular those that operate in the ICT/ICT enabled sector; Challenges and opportunities that entrepreneurs face when establishing an enterprise based on research and development results; Creation of a climate conductive to the new start-ups and spin off companies; Financing of innovative entrepreneurs and the role of specialized financial providers; Ways and means to strengthen linkages between firms and knowledge-generating partners; and Legal and regulatory conditions for enterprise development and commercialization of the applied research results. 16:00-18:00 Head of Department, Centre for Science & Technology Potential Studies and Science History Studies, Academy of Sciences of Mr. Igor YEGOROV Ukraine "Innovation entrepreneurship in emerging market economies: experience to date and policy options" 09:00-12:00 Mr. Farid ISMAYILZADA Founder and CEO, GoldenPay, Republic of Azerbaijan Ms. Burcu KARAPINAR Mr. Vic KORSUN Ms. Gulnara TAJIBAYEVA Science and Technology Assistant Expert, General Directorate of Science and Technology, Turkish Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology "Innovative entrepreneurship grant programs in Turkey" Deputy Director, Science and Technology Center in Ukraine, USA "Technology transfer, innovations and entrepreneurship as drivers for scientific research - Ukrainian examples" Head of Department, Ministry of Economy and Development of Turkmenistan Entrepreneurial sector in Turkmenistan and its role in country s development Friday, 25 November 2011 Session Three The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Promoting ICT Infrastructure Development Moderator: Mr. Anthony SMITH, Partner Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle, UK The session will discuss the following issues relating to the financing of the ICT infrastructure development, including: The role of government and the private sector in developing ICT infrastructure; Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) as a model to bridge the gap between the existing and required ICT infrastructure; and Experiences and examples of PPPs in ICT infrastructure projects in the UNECE region and beyond. 09:00-10:20 Mr. Rod PARKER Mr. Spyros PANAGOPOULOS Ms. Olga ANDRIANOVA Analysys Mason, United Kingdom "Delivering broadband infrastructure through PPP case studies" Partner, Panagopoulos & Partners, Greece "PPP in ICT infrastructure: best practice from Greece" Associate Lecturer at the Faculty of Business and Law and Consultant at the Open University, United Kingdom "PPP in ICT infrastructure: the case study on Telemedicine in Belarus" Coffee Break

6 10:40-12:00 Mr. Tomasz KOZAR Mr. Mark OWERS Ms. Leyla NASRULLAYEVA Solution Architect, CISCO, Poland "Open service exchange model - how to build an open fiberoptic access and operator neutral network" Senior Commercial Manager, Babcock Support Services GmbH, Germany "PPP in ICT infrastructure: experiences from the United Kingdom" Strategic Alliances and Future Lab Executive Director, Azerfon LLC, Republic of Azerbaijan 12:00-12:15 Closing statements Mr. Rumen DOBRINSKY Mr. Elmir VELIZADEH Director, Economic Cooperation and Integration Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan